Metallic shingle



No. 614,294. Patented Nov. I5, I898.

E. A. DEMORE. METALLIC SHINGLE.

(Application filed Jan. 22, 1898.;

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EDWARD A. DEMORE, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

METALLIC SHINGLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,294, dated November15, 1898. Application filed January 22, 1898. Serial No. 667,584. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. DEMORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Au gusta in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Shingles; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to metallic shingles to be used as roofing,sheathing, or siding; and it consists in the novel construction andcombination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section through portions of twoadjacent shingles. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same.

A and A are two adjacent shingles, and B is the backing to which theyare secured.

The shingle A has one of its edge portions doubled under it at 2 andcurved around at 3, forming a socket 4. The edge portion of the plate isthen bent to form a projection 5 of the shape of an inverted V, and 6 isa flange at the extreme edge of the plate, which is socured to thebacking by fastening devices, such as nails 0. The parts areproportioned so that a narrow opening 61 is formed between the top ofthe projection 5 and the doubledunder portion of the plate.

The shingle A has one of its edge portions bent downward to the form ofa channelshaped projection e, which engages with the socket 4:. Theflange 7 of the projection'e is dropped through the opening d when theshingle A is held in a substantially vertical position, and the shingleA is then moved about the socket 4 as a center until the proj ection ehas entered it, as shown in the drawings. The projection 5 prevents theshingles from being disconnected unless the shingle A is first raised toa substantially vertical position.

Both shingles are formed of thin metallic plates. The socket 4 andprojection 5 are formed below the level of the main portion or body ofthe shingle A, and the projection e is formed below the level of themain portion or body of the shingle A, so that when the shingles areconnected together they present a smooth upper surface, and the roof hasno projections on its upper surface.

These shingles form arain-proof joint, and the heads of thefastening-nails are protected from corrosion.

The shingles are free to expand and con tract under changes oftemperature.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with a shingle provided with adoubled-under portion, a socket, a flange for the fastening devices atits edge, and a projection between the said flange and socket, saidsocket and projection being formed below the level of the body of thesaid shingle and a narrow opening being formed between the saidprojection and doubled-underportion; of a shingle provided with achannel-shaped projection formed below the level of the body portion atone edge which is slipped through the said opening into engagement withthe said socket, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a shingle provided with a socket on its underside and a projection which extends upward and leaves a narrow openingat the top of the said socket, said socket and projection being formedbelow the level of the body of the said shingle; of a shingle providedwith a channel-shaped projection formed below the level of its bodyportion at one edge which is slipped through the said opening intoengagement with the said socket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD A. DEMORE.

Witnesses:

E. F. KINOHLEY, O. N. OLIVER.

